Tato studie je recenzní statí ke knize: Christian FLECK, A Transatlantic History of the Social Sciences: Robber Barons, the Third Reich and the Invention of Empirical Social Research. London: Bloomsbury Academic 2011. Z témat, jež rozvíjí Fleckova kniha, sleduje především otázku, jak velké americké nadace formovaly a profilovaly výzkumnou agendu sociálních věd. Je zde předvedeno, jak definice vědy prosazovaná ve dvacátých letech minulého století velkými americkými nadacemi zcela zásadně proměnila samotnou ideu výzkumu a přinesla mnohé institucionální inovace. Vztah filantropie a sociálněvědního výzkumu je sledován jak v obecném smyslu, z hlediska formativních idejí ovlivňujících vývoj sociální věd a reálnou vědeckou praxi, tak i ve vztahu k různým národním tradicím, roli jednotlivých nadací a jejich aktivitám směřujícím k prosazení specifické koncepce vědeckého výzkumu. Pozornost je zde věnována zejména Rockefellerově nadaci, jejíž koncept "realistického“ výzkumu významně ovlivnil institucionální dějiny sociálních věd. Studie se rovněž zaměřuje na styl psaní, jenž se uplatňuje v současných textech o dějinách nadací, zejména ve srovnání s dosud převažujícím důrazem na studium intelektuálních dějin sociálních věd., This study reviews the book: Christian FLECK, A Transatlantic History of the Social Sciences: Robber Barons, the Third Reich and the Invention of Empirical Social Research. London: Bloomsbury Academic 2011. It concentrates mainly on one part of Fleck’s account: on the analysis of the ways foundations and philanthropic organizations profiled and shaped the research agenda and the politics of knowledge in the social sciences. It is demonstrated how the definition of science promoted in the 1920’s by major American philanthropic foundations fundamentally changed the very idea of research and produced many institutional innovations. The relation of philanthropy and social scientific research is pursued both in a general sense, in terms of formative ideas in, uencing the development of social sciences and the actual scientific practice, and in relation to various national research traditions, the role of individual foundations and the activities of foundations aiming to promote their conception of scientific research. A special attention is paid to the Rockefeller Foundation, as its concept of “realistic” research significantly in, uenced the institutional history of the social sciences. This study also focuses on the style of writing, which is employed in contemporary texts on the history of foundations, especially in comparison with the still prevailing accent on the study of social science’s intellectual history., and Jan Balon.
Festival took place 20-22 June 2008 in Velké Meziříčí and it was organized by the Institute of Philosophy ASCR with cooperation of the town Velké Meziříčí. The idea of festival arose seven years ago in the north Italian town Modena. The festival has a goal to celebrate the philosophy and the literature, to go out from the academic grounds to the squares, parks and to address perceptive listeners and the young people especially. and Josef Gabriel.
The Festival of Philosophy was born seven years ago in the north Italian town of Modena. Its goal is to celebrate philosophy and literature, to go out from the academic ivory towers to the squares and parks and to address perceptive listeners and young people especially. This year the festival crossed the borders of Italy and was organized in the picturesque French town of Saint-Emilion. The Academy of sciences´ Institute of Philosophy also participated in the town of Velké Meziříčí in Bohemian-Moravian Highlands 22-24th June 2007. The Festival in Velké Meziříčí was devoted to stability and Change: The Contemporary World and Philosophy. and Ondřej Ševeček.
The Millennium Technology Prizes are awarded by Technology Academy Finland every second year as a tribute to life-enhancing technological innovation. The winner of Millennium Technology Prize 2010 is Professor Michael Grätzel of Switzerland for his creation of third generation, low cost, dye-sensitized solar cells. He is director of the Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. The winner received € 800.000 and a prestigious trophy named Peak, designed by sculptor Helena Hietanen. This year laureates were awarded during Millennium Technology Weeks at the Finnish Opera in Helsinki 9 June 2010. The two other laureates, Professor Richard Friend of the University of Cambridge for his initial innovation, organic Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs), a crucial milestone in plastic electronics, and Professor Stephen Furber of the University of Manchester, principal designer of the ARM 32 bit RISC micro-processor, were each awarded prizes of €150,000. and Marina Hužvárová.